HOW TO 'BLUE BOX' INTO 'RUSSIA'
BY: MARK TABAS
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HELLO,
LATELY, I HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED ABOUT
THE SUBJECT OF BOXING INTO THE SOVIET
UNION. WHILE I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT
ON THIS, I HAVE PICKED UP A FEW THINGS.
STANDARD DIALING TO RUSSIA WOULD
BEGIN SOMETING LIKE THIS:
KP+011+007+ST (FOR INT'L SENDER)
KP+0+95+295+9051+ST (FOR NUMBER)
IF ALL WENT WELL, YOU WOULD BE ROUTED
INTO RUSSIA AS AN OPERATOR-ASSISTED
CALL. (BY THE WAY, THE NUMBER ABOVE IS
THE KREMLIN). HOWEVER, SINCE ALL IS NOT
WELL BETWEEN US AND THE SOVIETS, YOU
WILL PROBABLY GET A RECORDING. THIS
WILL GO SOMETHING LIKE, "INTERNATIONAL
DIRECT-DIAL SERVICE IS NO LONGER
AVAILABLE TO THE SOVIET UNION..." OR
"DUE TO CIRCUT CONGESTION IN THE
COUNTRY YOU DIALED, YOUR CALL DID NOT
COMPLETE..."
THESE RECORDINGS, HOWEVER, LIE. THEY
ARE MERELY PLACED THERE TO DETER THE
BLUE BOXER. HE HEARS THEM AND THEN,
BELIEVING THEM, GIVES UP.
SEE, THE LAST THING THAT AT&T AND THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL NEED IS A
BUNCH OF 11-YEAR-OLD BLUE BOXERS
CALLING RUSSIA AND SAYING SOMETHING
LIKE: "HA HA, YOU FORNICATING COMMY
PINKOS,WE'RE GONNA BOMB THE HELL OUT OF
YOU!"
SO, THEY MAKE IT *VERY* DIFFICULT TO
BOX THE CALL. AS I SAID BEFORE, THE
RECORDINGS THAT YOU GET ARE FAKES.
WHEN NORMAL TSPS PLACE A CALL TO RUSSIA
(LEGALLY), THEY MUST CONTEND WITH THE
SAME RECORDING, ONLY INTERNATIONAL HAS
THIS NEAT EQUIPMENT THAT KEEPS DIALING
THE NUMBER OVER AND OVER AND OVER UNTIL
THE CALL GOES THROUGH. THIS NORMALLY
TAKES A FEW HOURS. IT WOULD TAKE YOU
A YEAR ON A BLUE BOX. THIS IS WHY WHEN
YOU ATTEMPT TO PLACE A LEGAL CALL TO
THE U.S.S.R., IOCC (TSPS) WILL TELL YOU
THAT THERE IS A 2-3 HOUR DELAY. OFTEN
IT IS MORE THAN THAT, IF THEY HAVE A
LINE OF CALLS.
TO HAVE IOCC PLACE A CALL, ONE WOULD
BOX KP+160+700+ST FOR RUSSIA. THIS WILL
GIVE YOU AN IOCC OPERATOR WHO ASKS FOR
COUNTRY, CITY AND NUMBER, AND A BILLING
NUMBER (THINKING THAT YOU ARE TSPS
YOURSELF). THEN THEY WANT A CUSTOMER
RINGBACK NUMBER (LOOP OR PAYFONE, IF
YOU PLAN TO HANG AROUND FOR A FEW HOURS
OR SO). HOWEVER, ON CALLS TO OTHER
COUNTRIES, THEY WILL CONNECT YOU
DIRECTLY AND DO NOT REQUIRE RINGBACK.
IOCC COUNTRY ROUTINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
KP+011+XXX+ST, WHERE XXX IS THE COUNTRY
CODE PADDED TO THE *RIGHT* WITH ZEROS.
TO CONTINUE ABOUT IOCC ROUTINGS, THE
COUNTRY CODE IS PADDED TO THE RIGHT
WITH ZEROS. THUS, AUSTRALIA (COUNTRY
CODE OF 61) WOULD BECOME 610, AND THE
ROUTING WOULD BE KP+160+610+ST.
THIS MESSAGE HASN'T SAID MUCH SINCE
I HAVEN'T TOLD HOW TO BOX A CALL TO
RUSSIA, I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT ALL THE
PROBLEMS WITH CALLING THERE. THAT'S
BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
DO. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY PATIENT AND
FEEL LIKE TRYING TO BOX IT ABOUT 5000
TIMES BEFORE YOU FINALLY GET THROUGH
(IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE BUSY ANYWAY)
THEN YOU NEED THE HELP OF THE BELL
SYSTEM OR POSSIBLY SOME INFERIORS
LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE IRON CURTAIN.
TO PLACE A CALL TO RUSSIA, OTHER THAN
GOING THROUGH IOCC, ONE MIGHT TRY TO
CONTACT SOME SORT OF INWARD SOMEWHERE,
LIKE YUOGSLAVIA (KARL MARX'S SUGGESTION
), OR MAYBE EAST GERMANY. TO BEGIN
WITH, CALL RATE & ROUTE FOR THE IOTC
ROUTING (SAY YOU ARE ON CORDBOARD) FOR
INWARD IN YUGOSLAVIA. SHE'LL SAY SOME-
THING LIKE "038 PLUS BLAH-BLAH-BLAH"
SO YOU WOULD BOX KP+011+038+ST, WAIT
FOR INT'L TONE, THEN DIAL KP+0+38+BLAH
BLAH BLAH+121+ST. THAT SHOULD GET YOU
INWARD, YUGOSLAVIA, WHO SPEAKS LITTLE
OR NO ENGLISH AND IS AT BEST UNPLEASANT
TO DEAL WITH.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW. IF YOU HAVE A
BETTER WAY (OR ANY WAY AT ALL) TO CALL
MOTHER RUSSIA, LET ME KNOW.
MARK TABAS
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